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Check that the software reports BC's set under Current Settings.

Specify Body Forces

Click Set Body Forces and OK to accept the defaults of zero body force components. Under Current Settings, you should see the message Body forces set.

Specify Plane Stress

Select Set Options under Input Data Input 2 for plane stress. There is no temperature change in this problem, so we can use the default of 0. Click OK. Under Current Settings, you should see the message Plane Stress.

Specify Input Data

Let's save the input settings so that, if necessary, we can read them back in. Under Input Data, select Write Input File. Type filename as beam.in and click Save. Check that the file beam.inhas been saved in your working folder. This is a text file. You can use a text editor such as Notepad to modify entries in the input file in order to change the material properties, boundary conditions, etc.